Collar.



C. M. MANLY.

COLLAR. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 4, I911.

Patented June 20, 1916.

GHARLES M. MLY, Uh BROOKLYN. NEW YORK.

GOLL 1 To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that l, CHARLns ll/l. Manta, a citizen of the lfnitedStates. residing at No. 113 Montague street. Brooklyn. in the county ofKings and State of New York, have invented a new and useful (Iollar, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to collars and more particularly to that class ofcollars which form separate articles of manufacture and sale and in useare attached to the shirt or other garmentin connection with which theyare worn.

The object of my invention is to provide a collar having a shirtengaging device for attaching the same at the back to theneck band of ashirt so that the collarbutton ordinarily used for that purpose may bedispensed with.

A further object of the invention is to so construct the fastening meansthat a collar button may be used therewith if desired or the buttonalone may be used without interfering with the comfort and appearance ofthe collar.

In the accompanying drawings and annexed specification I have discloseda preferred form of my improved collar. and in the said drawings. Figure1 is a perspective view of said collar attached at the back to the neckband of the shirt, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view partly in section ofthe collar unattached.

Referring to the drawings, in which like reference characters refer tolike parts in both views. 1 indicates the body portion of the collar.here shown as of the soscalled "turned down type and having the usualt'ront button holes 2 and rear button hole 3 for attachment to the frontand rear collar buttons. On each side of the rear button hole 3 thecollar is provided with a band enga ing member l iere shown asconsisting ot a tab extending from the loweredge of the collar andintegral therewith and extending upwardly parallel Specification ofLetters IPatent.

application filed. February a, 1911.

Patented June 2@, lmlfi.

Serial No. 606,617.

with the body of the collar. The tabs are to be laundried stiff like thecollar so as to maintain their position relative thereto.

In use the collar is attached to the shirtby hookin the tabs under theouter portion of the rice band 5 at the back of the shirt where the bandis formed with a pocket to receive the collar button indicated at 6in'dotted lines in Fig. 1, and then bringing the ends around andbuttoning them to the front collar button 7.

A collar fastened with a button at the rear is frequently veryuncomfortable for the reason that the button must be thicker by at leastthe thickness of the base and head than the material of the shirtandcollar and is therefore pressed into the neck by the other garments. andin the case of'a turned down collar. by the outer ply of the collar.Further. the collar button is so positioned that it comes a ainst thevertebra at .the base of the me where its pressure and rubbing are mostliable to make a sore. With my improved collar the additional thicknessoccasioned by the tabs is scarcely perceptible and the tabs are arrangedat either side of the middle so as not to come in contact with thevertebra. l have shown myinvention as applied to a collar of the turneddown type but it is obvious that any style collar may be formed in likemanner.

l claim- As, a new article of manufacture. a collar having a tabprojecting from the lower edge of the collar ateither side of the rearbutton hole, and spaced apart so that the outer edges otfthe tabs are adistance apart substantially equal to the length of the usual collarbutton pocket in the rear of the neckband of a shirt.

CHARLEQ Ml. MANLY.

